Jonathan Oates

@JamTarts I mean I played RB in Sunday league and I know to track that run...

17' | KFC 1-0 HMFC Goal, Kilmarnock. Schjonning-Larsen.

@SPFLWatch You can't pass the ball around the back in rugby.

Absolutely wild that in the Six Nations not all the games kick off at the same time.

Gary Speed, fine player and even finer human being, passed away 14 years ago today. On Saturday, Everton unveil the Gary Speed Memorial Bench at Hill Dickinson Stadium before the game with Newcastle United, who he also represented with such distinction. The bench bears the message: “IN MEMORY OF GARY SPEED, EVERTONIAN, CAPTAIN, LEADER 1969–2011. A place for what is often unspoken. A place to sit, share and listen.” The “talking bench” is one of a series introduced across the UK. In the words of @Everton, it’s “a simple but powerful way to encourage conversation, tackle loneliness and isolation, and signpost people to mental health support”. Via a QR code to programmes delivered by Everton In The Community. “As part of the Club’s commitment to the Premier League’s ‘Together Against Suicide’ pilot, trained @EITC staff will be based in the area around the bench before every home fixture. Supporters who wish to talk, seek support, or learn more about the services available will be able to approach staff confidentially and without appointment”. The bench, which has the full blessing of Speed’s family, was proposed by @EFC_FansForum as “a meaningful and positive legacy in Gary’s name”. Everton add that it's "a permanent space for reflection, conversation and connection - and a reminder that no Evertonian ever has to struggle alone". #EFC

🇬🇧🏠 We purchased a modest little townhouse in Fulham many moons ago, back when you could still get change from a half a million quid in SW6. Fast forward to 2025 and it now scrapes the £2m mark, literally the borderline where Labour’s threatened “mansion tax” starts to bite. Our long-term tenant has always flirted with the idea of buying it ... Last week I finally asked if they were serious. Reply came back: “Thanks, but no thanks, don’t fancy being anchored to a £2m+ London property with all the extra taxes looming.” ☹️ So here I am: Can’t raise the rent (Section 21 gone, rent caps maybe on the horizon too - don't rule it out!!) Can’t sell it for what it’s actually worth (buyer pool shrinks the moment you get close to that dreaded £2m threshold). Next year the bank revalues it for the remortgage… fingers crossed they don’t suddenly decide it’s only worth £1.5m (it would not surprise if they do!) and wipe out all of our equity in one stroke! 💡 Lesson of the day: stay well away from buy-to-let, especially single family houses. The golden decade is firmly behind us, the goalposts have been moved, and the taxman is warming up in the tunnel. Anyone want a very expensive, very illiquid brick box in Fulham? No? Thought as much! Here is hoping to better times!

Quality Boozer

@JohnWardMcLeod Thanks for the info. I was only looking at Celtic matches for it and gave up pretty quickly. Then this picture came up on my feed today.

@J2Oates @FootballCliches Yes it is now a Celtic pub, two brothers who owned the Vogue Pub (famous Celtic pub) further along Main St fell out and one of them bought Chapmans.

@FootballCliches what match is on this pub sign in Rutherglen? 😂

@JohnWardMcLeod @FootballCliches Hmm is it this but they added hoops to make it look like Celtic?

@J2Oates @FootballCliches I’d say Clyde v Celtic, 1955 SCF

@snpwatch @DohaScot @PixByPedro @is_glasgow @Glasgow_Live Someone was also trying to open it as a nursery at one point iirc but that never got going either.

@J2Oates @DohaScot @PixByPedro @is_glasgow @Glasgow_Live It is. Was going to be made into a restaurant (nice!) but has been stagnant for years.

@DohaScot @PixByPedro @is_glasgow @Glasgow_Live Old public toilets I believe.

@PixByPedro @is_glasgow @Glasgow_Live Having driven through it many times, and needing to keep you're eyes on the road, I've never noticed that cruciform building in the middle. What is it...?

@JohnWardMcLeod @FootballCliches It's the best guess we've got so far 😃

@21GoalsApp 1 goal and 1 player transferred out of the PL so my game is over 😡

@21GoalsApp I'm in from week 1... what happens if one of my players gets transferred to a club outside the Premier League?

@SoVeryBritish Sorry, you missed wet wipe.

The greatest non-swearing British insults: 1. Dipstick 2. Plonker 3. Wally 4. Wazzock 5. Muppet 6. Berk 7. Mug 8. Plank 9. Numpty 10. Pillock

@Wimbledon @CDEccleshare you don't have one hand on the trophy just by being in the final, surely? (You can't escape us just by switching to tennis either.)

One hand on the Ladies’ Singles Trophy. Centre Court awaits a spectacle 🌱 #Wimbledon

FT - Glasgow Mid Argyll 2 (Calum Robb 61, Scott Craig 69) Oban Camanachd 1 (Innes MacKay 7) - South of Scotland MacQuisten Under 17 Trophy Final #shinty The 17s came back from behind to retain the MacQuisten Cup. Well done to everyone involved, a great day 💪🔵⚪️

Tomorrow our U17s take on Oban Camanachd in the MacQuisten Cup Final at Peterson Park. 🏟️ Peterston Park, Glasgow 📆 21st June 2025 🏑12.30 Throw up 🎟️ £5 entry (£10 if including senior final at 4) Come along and support the team 👊🔵⚪️

@ScotRail Depends how we define "visit"... I'm saying all 8 as I need to get something for the 3 months I spent in a workshop in Dunfermline.

We want to know, how many cities have you visited in Scotland? 1️⃣Aberdeen - Granite City 2️⃣Dundee - City of Discovery 3️⃣Dunfermline - Auld Grey 4️⃣Edinburgh - Auld Reekie 5️⃣Glasgow - Dear Green Place 6️⃣Inverness - Inversnecky 7️⃣Perth - Fair City 8️⃣Stirling - Gateway to Highlands

@SMcClay29 @FootballCliches @CDEccleshare @D_C_W Been looking for the clip to send that in 😂 think it's at 2h19m on here Sportscene, 2024/25: International Football: Liechtenstein v Scotland: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… via @bbciplayer

Recording FOOTBALL CLICHES with @CDEccleshare & @D_C_W on Wednesday... Send in your gloriously obscure questions and observations — and perhaps some early expectations for the Club World Cup — and the midweek Adjudication Panel will do the rest. Cheers!

@retrofootballnw England v Switzerland, opening game of Euro 96.

Wednesday question What's the 1st game you remember watching from a European Championships tournament? Mine was Euro 88. But can't recall which.